YU Fit review – good but does not match up with the Mi Band

Yu Fit is another affordable fitness band that is available for the price tag of ₹999. This band is competing with Xiaomi Mi Band that is also priced the same at ₹999. Though YU Fit comes with OLED display and packed with many useful features it does not match up with the Xiaomi Mi Band.

Design
The YU Fit wrist band is made of rubber, good quality and is softer than as seen on the Mi band. The band comes with metal stud to secure it as per your wrist size. The core or the main device looks good and got a good build quality. It is OLED display and there is a smart button to switch on the display / change modes.

This fitness band is light weight at about 18 grams, water resistant and very comfortable to wear. By default when you tap the touch sensitive smart button it will show the time in 24 hours format. There is no option the change time to 12 hours format. You can use another app to change it (search Body Sensor on google play, install it, pair with YU fit and then uninstall the body sensor app, you will get 12 hours time format).

The display will switch off after sometime and the only way to wake it up, is to tap the smart button. You can check the time, view the steps taken, calories burned, distance traveled and call / SMS notifications.

The YU Fit band is always on, so in case you do not get any thing on the display when you tap the smart button, attach it to the USB charging dock and connect it to the power source.

Installation
On the box pack itself you will find two QR codes. Scan it using the QR scanner (download from Google play) or punch in the URL as mentioned on the box. There are two apps – YU Fit and Healthifyme.

For the first time you will need to tap and hold the smart button to enter the Bluetooth pairing mode then start the YU Fit app and follow the steps.

When using Healthifyme app for the first time you will need to enter you date of birth, weight, height etc.

Hardware
The core comes with built in battery (mAh not disclosed) and makes use of Bluetooth 4.0. This band will work on android smartphones running android version 4.3 and above.

There is built in pedometer that monitors your steps / movements.

There is no built in speaker but the band will vibrate when there is any notification.

Performance
The OLED display does help, you can check the time, steps taken, calories burned and distance traveled. When you get an SMS or a call the band will vibrate for few seconds and at the same time will also show the call icon or SMS icon on the YU fit display as applicable. The phone number / caller name / SMS messages etc are not display. But if you pair the device with Body Sensor app it does show the phone number.

For the first time you will need to manually sync the band with the phone – start Healthifyme app, tap the 3rd tab to enter the account setting option, there you will find the Yu Fit link tap it and then tap the SYNC icon. The next time the app will automatically sync when you enter the YU Fit section.

This band can monitor your steps, your sleep and your calories intake. There is option to enter the food intake, there is huge database of Indian food with their respective calories – this makes it easier to input. You can also update the database when a new update is available. Voice input is supported and there is camera mode too (I guess just click the food image and it will automatically detect the food + calories), however the camera mode will required paid subscription.

Once you enter your weight you can setup your goal (weight loss) and setup the months you will want to achieve that goal.

There are many useful options in the Healthifyme app, however most of them fall into the paid subscription category.

There are other features like remote camera capture, alarm, task alert, move alert, SOS, out of range etc. And in Healthifyme app there is diet and workout plan (paid), diary (paid) and personalized coaches (paid).

I have tested the band, it does accurately monitor steps and sleep. I used both the bands – YU fit and Xiaomi Mi Band, while walking the step count were almost identical however when in active mode (not walking), there was a good difference, Mi band count was higher.

One more thing the YU Fit screen is not at all visible under direct sunlight.

The step taken and sleep report is not so user friendly on the YU Fit app when compared with Mi fit app.

Battery
It took about 2 hours to fully charge the device. I have been using the band from the day I started the review, it has been 2 days and battery is now at 80% from 100%. I guess with this rate the YU Fit might last for less than 2 weeks.

Verdict
The OLED screen does have an advantage, you can at least check the time, but this does have an impact on the battery performance – battery backup is good, you can expect about a week or two, but nowhere when compared with the backup that you get on the Mi band fitness device.

There are many useful features on the YU Fit band, however almost all of it falls in the paid subscription category. In general if you are using the free feature there is not much of a difference between the YU fit and the Mi Band (feature wise).

Mi Band is better because it is original, easy to setup and a very user friendly interface. Battery backup is also awesome on the Mi band device. The only disadvantage is that the Mi Band does not have any display.

Now YU Fit does not look original you will find such devices on Chinese stores, nevertheless still a good band for ₹999 it could have done well had Xiaomi not launched the Mi Band in India.

Healthifyme is really good, they should have brought the smart pedometer, diet and workout plan in the free category.

52 Comments

Hello Gogi..
I had recently purchased YUFIT band.
Interestingly, the device is working well but it is not connecting to the yufit app on the phone.
Looks like the bluetooth is not being able to detect the device.
can you advice.

You need to unpair with YU Fit or disconnect then follow same procedure as you did – tap and hold smart button for sometime so it enters pairing mode then try pairing with body sensor. Once done you will see the 12 hours time format, then uninstall the body sensor and connect YU fit.

Gogi gi, Finally u’v done an one sided review ..So what if such devices are available on Chinese website? Yu sud always review products on the basis of how its performing & with its costs as u did in past ..

I had purchased d same but it was not showing steps accurately at least with yu fit app it was counting steps even while charging, no sunlight visibility of display, battery back up not good….so returned to Amazon and Amazon is excellent with no question asked return policy

Hmm may be it is being done by the body sensor app, let me install again and check.

Gogi RanaAugust 12, 2015

Okay it worked with body sensor app.

HsAugust 12, 2015

Hi Gigi,

I am not able to pair both yufit and body sensor at same time. Without that i think to show the number on band is not possible ? Is it possible to pair both the apps with YU band?

Gogi RanaAugust 12, 2015

You cannot, I paired with Body Sensor and then uninstalled it, just for the 12 hours format, the same remains and then pair with YU fit,

Narayan DasAugust 13, 2015

U can pair both Yu fit & body sensor same time time, u have to try several times, turn off BT, force stop yufit app, open body sensor app stay in page of search device, press & hold yufit button, quickly turn on BT & press search device on app, u have done these step so quickly. I am running both app same time on same mobile.

RanjanAugust 12, 2015

I suppose yufit has some hidden extra features and seems it will be able to support custom notification. Anyway a surprise!

KrishmanoAugust 11, 2015

Many reviewed the product above but no one wrote about the poor bluetooth radius of Yufit band, we have to carry our mobile in our pocket or should keep it close to band in order to maintain connection between Yufit and mobile. Mi band is far better than Yufit in this aspect. It’s bluetooth signal radius is good.

Are you planning to run with a assistant, I mean you wearing the band and the assistant carrying your mobile? I am sure you have not used a bluetooth device. It is bluetooth gives you wireless freedom short range.

I am using the band and it is working fine, am using with Moto G 3rd gen.

KrishmanoAugust 12, 2015

I know it and using Mi fit it stays connected with mobile within home , but Yufit gets disconnected the moment we leave a room in the home where the mobile is placed on table. I know about the limited range of bluetooth but the range is good with mi fit and the same is not seen on Yufit

Completely disagree with your review too-Both work equally well you say-then one having display is much much better -battery life of two weeks is acceptable-how many costly smart watches have good battery life? You say display not viewable in bright sunlight-how many smart phones in India have displays like that? are you expecting kindle like sunlight readable displays for 900 bucks? A band with a display is also a form of smartwatch so obviously I would prefer that than the one without a display

Agree it is simple pendulum instrument with oled display. Steps reading is weird sometimes. May be the yu fit display is not displaying correct count immediately. Anyway ok for first time health band users. Healthify calorie count does help in understanding if one is eating correct quantity of food and helps remain alert. Call SMS notification are an aid for low ring no notification model phones.

MI BAND or YU FIT, are claimed to be activity trackers. Generally, we take that to mean they monitor what we are doing, like, standing, sleeping, walking, climbing et al. But strictly speaking, here activity means movement (not what kind of movement). They simply monitor whether there IS movement or NOT.
Remaining is all plain calculation/estimation.

For eg.,
When the hand/wrist is swinging, it assumes you are walking. It cannot differentiate, if you are simply are really walking or simply swinging your hand.
It will not monitor your actual location/position, as GPS does.
When there is no movement of hand for a specific time, that means you are at rest or sleeping. If the period is longer, you are in deep sleep.

If there is regular movement of hand, it is assumed that you are walking. Each swing is deemed to be a step.
Now, when you configured the instrument, before using, you gave your height etc. Based on that the length of your stride is calculated.
No. of steps x length of stride, You have the distance travelled.

As you can see, so far as the instrument is concerned, you have walked a kilometer, even if you stay put in one place and swing your hands a thousand times (if you have a long enough stride).

The instrument’s assessment of your activity is purely based on assumptions on calculations. When, they cannot even qualify to take a test on Accuracy, tell me, how useful can these so called low cost Activity Trackers, be..????

Forgot to mention.
The instrument records data, and when you pair it with your mobile, it will be transferred to the mobile, processed by the app, to present figures & graphs etc.
As such, you don’t have to carry your Mobile in order that the Fitness band functions (ie., record Activity On/Off).
However, if you want to record the circuit/track route, and match/correlate the same with Fitness band data, You need to carry your Smart phone also with you.

Good judgement about hand moment, I am using bith yufit as well as mi band, I have to say, this review is not proper, it’s one sided, yufit is far better than miband. Even I take shower with yufit and nothing wrong. More over, features like camera and video remote is very handy when you want to take selfie.

Gogi, here I have to differ from you. Yes I agree, quality of strap used in yufit is really bad. But I took review from family and friends, what they liked most is the display and camera features and ultimately miband was rejected.

Out of range is a good feature, yufit vibrates 5 times and it reminds me I forgot my phone. Its useful for all those who are in habit of forgetting mobiles.

I agree with you sir, because yufit have not utilized the equipment to the full. It does can show a lot by using body sensor app i got caller ID notification same can be implemented in Yufit too but still they didn’t. I wish it had a proper firmware and a proper application to utilize it in full !!